most rushing touchdowns by a buffalo bill in one game before 1989

Before 1989, Cookie Gilchrist had the most rushing touchdowns for the Bills in a game, with 5 touchdowns against the Jets on December 8, 1963.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touchdowns by a buffalo bill in one regular-season game before 1989
NAMERUSH TDDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
5
12/8/1963
vs
243
36
6.8
0
0
0
2Roland Hooks
R. Hooks
4
9/9/1979
vs
70
5
14.0
60
3
20.0
0
3Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
3
11/27/1975
@
160
34
4.7
33
3
11.0
0
4Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
3
10/6/1974
@
86
25
3.4
12
1
12.0
0
5Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
3
10/26/1963
vs
26
9
2.9
0
0
0
6Robb Riddick
R. Riddick
2
12/11/1988
vs
44
11
4.0
0
0
0
7Robb Riddick
R. Riddick
2
11/27/1988
@
30
6
5.0
57
7
8.1
0
8Robb Riddick
R. Riddick
2
11/14/1988
@
77
16
4.8
48
5
9.6
0
9Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
2
12/6/1987
@
37
8
4.6
26
3
8.7
0
10Robb Riddick
R. Riddick
2
10/25/1987
@
66
18
3.7
38
5
7.6
1
11Greg Bell
G. Bell
2
10/20/1985
vs
80
22
3.6
46
2
23.0
0
12Greg Bell
G. Bell
2
12/16/1984
@
58
16
3.6
31
4
7.8
0
13Greg Bell
G. Bell
2
10/7/1984
vs
77
20
3.9
49
4
12.3
0
14Roosevelt Leaks
R. Leaks
2
12/19/1982
@
62
13
4.8
17
3
5.7
0
15Roosevelt Leaks
R. Leaks
2
11/28/1982
vs
90
22
4.1
0
0
0
16Roosevelt Leaks
R. Leaks
2
12/6/1981
@
28
8
3.5
9
1
9.0
0
17Roland Hooks
R. Hooks
2
11/29/1981
vs
109
19
5.7
0
0
0
18Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
10/26/1980
vs
118
30
3.9
41
3
13.7
0
19Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2
9/21/1980
@
89
22
4.0
52
6
8.7
0
20Curtis Brown
C. Brown
2
11/26/1978
vs
31
12
2.6
0
0
0
21Terry Miller
T. Miller
2
11/26/1978
vs
208
21
9.9
7
2
3.5
0
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2
11/25/1976
@
273
29
9.4
0
0
0
23O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2
10/24/1976
vs
110
25
4.4
9
1
9.0
0
24O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2
10/3/1976
vs
130
24
5.4
8
1
8.0
0
25Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
2
12/14/1975
@
101
23
4.4
7
1
7.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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